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@@StellaDeleuze I'm so sorry about the loss of your old iggy 💔🦎. We also had an iggy before this guy. And we were devastated when he had to be euthanized at 24 years. It warms my heart that you are adopting another iggy, and not buying a baby from an oversaturated market of dodgy breeders/importers 💚🦎 I'm sure the odds favor a more mellow personality in the new iggy. When I get asked about iguana personalities. I usually tell them that from what I've seen, heard and researched. It's about 10% that are highly aggressive like ours. 10% that are very mellow. And the rest are in between. The best of wishes to you and the adopted iggy 😊

@@anjatrorup1612 Thank you. Oh my god, euthanised at 24?? That must have felt so so devastating. I'm so sorry you had to go through this. I had a girl before my last guy and she was an absolute dream. I was young and didn't know better, walked into a pet shop to enquire about budgies as I grew up with them, but fell in love with an iguana, despite not knowing what it was, let alone the care Everyone tried to put me off, but I was in love. Never looked back. I adopted him when he was 3 ish and he was tame, then turned. But the terror I went through was worth it: I'm now equipped and I had the best and calmedst laid back beautiful boy for a few years. That trust was well earned. The new guy will arrive this weekend and I just hope he won't turn this bad. lol I'd love to have a good bond with him straight away. It's just easier for both sides and I do like keeping my digits and skin intact. haha

@@robertgibbons5481 it's opposite with this guy. He is a bit more laid back during that time

@@depressedcanadian-he3kt its like balancing on a knifes edge to not encroach on his independence, but always be available to serve his royal highness when he expects it 😂

@@anjatrorup1612 ❤

@@CypressWalker 😊 no one can do a "splat" like he can 😂

Our old iggy. 24 years old. He passed approximately 2 months after this video. 😥 He had difficulty climbing and was almost blind. So we made lots of ramps for him

@@anjatrorup1612 oh. I see.

Aw.❤

@@remingtonpolk3725 Orange tint all over the body and especially on the spikes. Reduced appetite. Increased activity and restlessness. Digging at the enclosure entrance. Increased aggression and territorial behavior. They have femoral pores under the thighs. In the breeding season, they will start to wax a bit. He will kind of drag the thighs over surfaces to scent mark. We keep rough surfaces for him to rub on, so his pores doesn't clogg up. The iguana gets a kind of musky waxy smell. If he gets wet from watermist, it's stronger smelling. He has plushie iguanas in his room. And he will mate with them during breeding season, as a substitute for a real female.

This is actually our old iguana. He passed when he was 24 years old. That happened about 4 years ago. Still miss him

Old video, needs sound editing. Video is sped up. Someone is sanding their balcony in the background

@@cherylj7460 Well, Thank you 😁👍 Though in this video, I think the background tone is a bit intrusive

@@depressedcanadian-he3kt He has been winding up his aggression since the end of August. This day he was calm and I'm only wearing the hoodie and helmet as a precaution. Though the helmet is weirdly enough, not something I can take off. If I do, he will come straight for my face. This was an opportunity to do some casual work around him, without the helmet on. He wasn't too happy about it, but stayed calm. When the aggression heats up, I'll put the heavy duty gear on 🙂

@@anjatrorup1612 Thank you for responding. I know how high maintenance these wonderful creatures are but your patience for him is admirable and you've given him an amazingly loving home whether he appreciates it or not😄 He's really beautiful and I hope his moods subside eventually.

@@cherylj7460 He loves his dog bed because he can rest in so many positions. But he also enjoys his heated cocofiber mat. In the evening, he will climb into his enclosure. Where a platform with a slight upward and concave angle, is wrapped in hessian strap. And that's where he is more territorial than any other place. But he will also "pancake" on the floor a couple of times a day. He doesn't like things that only support part of his body. Or things that moves, shift position or sway when he steps on them

@@anjatrorup1612 This is fascinating! Is his favorite platform heated? Do they prefer to sleep on a heated surface?

@@cherylj7460 For the past 6 months, he has favored his ledge with heated cocofiber mat during the daytime. But I think he prefers his enclosure at night, because temperature and humidity is very stable, no matter what the room temperature is. Enclosure is heated with a CHE at night. If he could only pick one heat source, I think he would pick the heatmat. Though they are rarely recommended in the hobby because of the risk of overheating and moisture getting into the electronics. His heatmats doesn't exceed 31 Celsius and are produced to withstand moisture

@@anjatrorup1612 Hmm. Off topic, I’m in Florida, and have a colony of red headed agamas - I usually say they’re in my backyard, but lately, they come into the screened patio to sleep! They mostly cuddle up in the aluminum beams. But there’s a few who like the soft cushions! So, with all the furniture put up prior to the hurricanes, I fixed a soft spot - and just checked. The same two are sleeping in the flannel sheet I folded for them! They’re both babies.

@@cherylj7460 Ohh you're in Florida!! 😱😬 I hope you and the Lizards are OK? I watched the live coverage of the hurricane for hours, here from Europe/ Denmark. Hope your supply of water, power and food is covered Those red headed agamas are beautiful lizards. Sounds like they are moving into your house 😁 How sweet with the flannel 👍

@@cherylj7460 Thank you 😊 We know it's not quite like a jungle environment. But we tried to prioritize comfort and durability

@@CypressWalker It was very gentle wasn't it 😊 It's actually how he explores everything. But I have not seen him be so focused on detail. It's usually the item as a whole and not parts of the item he investigates

@@randalltapia9638 I'm glad that your iggy got better 😊 I know that reptiles are masters of disguising pain and they can get defensive if they have discomfort. But this behavior is seasonal and comes with several clues. One of them being an increase of activity, which he would not have if he was sick. Since this video was posted, he had a period of non aggression over the summer. But he is starting to notice the days are getting shorter. So his territorial behavior is increased. And I'm starting to see the precursors of mating behavior. He has been to the vet 3 times while he has been in our care. He was sick when we got him and since then he managed to rip out two claws and eat tissue paper. (Claws are back, paper is out) 🦎💚

@@allenmelton3367 Females are usually less aggressive than males. And female aggression can occur when they start to develop eggs (wich they will do even if they are not fertilized)

@@genghiskhan7041 Well that's a little late. He has already sent me to the emergency room, when he was half this size 😅 We know about green iguanas. Took this guy in from his previous home, where he couldn't stay. There's nowhere else for him to go, if he is not with us.

Actually I am not so sure he is a green iguana, his back legs toes are not the right length to be a green iguana... Am I wrong?

​@@KIDDYKICKSthis is not a green iguana. I own a big green female.

She loves him. Would you get rid of a child because he bit you. You need more knowledge about iguanas and their ability to love. I own a large female and our bond is deep. She sleeps with me every night.

@@genghiskhan7041 Indeed he could. -Just like I state in the description. Good thing there are none of those monsters running around in this home 😊 I would love something smaller. But this guy is taking up all the resources. If people stopped impulse buying baby iguanas, so that everybody else didn't have to rescue them. Maybe some day it will be possible for us.

Haha ! What a pansy ! Go get educated ! 😂😂

@@genghiskhan7041 I guess he just have to munch away then.. 😂 Those darn herbivores can be so morbid. Hopefully my boyfriend and my workplace will notice I'm gone, before he finishes eating me.

You still haven't learned anything. Mind blowing

Thank you for the nice comment 😁👍 He gradually came out of breeding season around April. It started in December. Though for the last two years, it seemed that he was never really completely out of it, all year round. He is almost as calm now, as he was before his first season in dec. 2021. I'm gonna expect him to get aggressive again, come December. But he is already almost at maximum size for an adult male (8+ kilograms). So I'm hoping that we are all set up for another season. No more emergency security measures. And I keep my fingers crossed that his worst behavior is behind us. 😊

Thank you very much 😊👍 Glad you like the length of the vid. Though it might be a little long without any particular progression or any commentary. But it had been a while since my last upload. So I wanted to put something up here. I can never seem to find the time to do the editing of the footage. You make it look so easy in your videos 😅

@@anjatrorup1612 I like watching the animal's behavior so I like when people post uncut or longer stuff like this.

I also love the length of this video!

Thats our old iguana before he passed away. 🥲 In this video, he is about 21 years old. He lived for about 3 years after this vid.

@@anjatrorup1612 thanks for the info, that's a long happy life for an iguana. This is really a cute baby for me, because I love dragons very much

He sees something going on!